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Meditation Reflection

by carolina.perez Posted on November 22, 2011

I have never meditated on my own before. I do think about my thoughts on rare occasions or about my feelings but only for a moment. I have never really just sat down and focused. One of the tasks asked to take notes on our state of mind before mediating so thats what I did. I knew I was in the best state. I felt anxious, sad, angry and a bit depressed. The weekend did not go so well for me but I’ll spare the details. My anxiety is probably a 9 because of that plus school and work. I also noticed tension in my shoulders, arms and neck. I would say my physical tension lever was a 7 out of 10.
I chose Ines Freedman’s “Guided Meditation: Mindfulness of Thinking.” At first, I felt silly sitting there breathing in and out slowly with my eyes closed; I could honestly feel the angry look that I had on my face even with my eyes closed. I felt the tension in my shoulders and noticed that I could hear everything around me. As I breathed, I started to let go of the tension. My face relaxed but my thoughts were running like crazy.
I heard Ines say to visualize are thoughts and put them into words I immediately did so. I could see what took place over the weekend and hear the harsh words that had been exchanged but then I started thinking it over slowly. That was frustrating for me because I just wanted those thoughts to disappear. I didn’t want to be reminded of it but I had to just accept it. I needed to let go of all of that anger and ease my body when I thought about it deeper. My body tensed up but then relaxed as I kept breathing. I finally stopped thinking of anything or at least it felt like I wasn’t thinking of anything. It was just a relaxed feeling as if you don’t have a care in the world. I knew that the negative thoughts were all in the background but I did not want to be stressed by them. I would try this again in the future. It felt good to take some time to sit down and relax my body and mind.

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Hello everyone!

by carolina.perez Posted on September 18, 2011

Hello everyone, my name is Carolina Perez, and I’m a junior at Baruch. This is my second year here since I transferred from Queens College after freshman year. I’m an Accounting major and yes it can get very tedious but I don’t mind (okay sometimes I do mind ha-ha). My favorite classes have been Law, History, and Psych 1001 (of course). The professors have definitely made Psych the most enjoyable and fun thus far.

Both my parents are from Ecuador but I was born and raised in Queens with them and my older brother. I work at a pizzeria/restaurant in Fresh Meadows during the week and the weekends so yea my days are pretty packed with work and school. Therefore, on my downtime I really just like to relax. I’m into music, fashion, makeup (http://frantasticmakeup.com/blog/), and hanging out with friends. I love shopping, watching scary movies and eating junk food.

So this has been a little bit about me. I hope we all continue to have a great time in our Psych class this semester.

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"Hi! Picking a major can be a difficult decision so I think its really good your taking the time to figure out what you want to do instead of rushing into something that isn't going to make you happy. Your dog is super cute btw. My cousin has a bichon too and he's so playful. I've always wanted a dog but my mom has never approved because of the lack of space in our apartment so I love it when my cousin lets me take care of him. Its nice to just sit around and watch TV together."
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